Dubai Market Data
Registered sales and Ejari contracts, organized for clear comparisons and better property decisions.
Public records · Dubai Land Department
Monthly report
Dubai property market — June 2008
Every figure below comes from sale transactions registered with the Dubai Land Department and dated inside June 2008. Mortgages and gifts are excluded; the register's own record of a sale is the only source.
In a sentence
The Land Department registered 2,090 property sales in June 2008, worth AED 12.17B in total, across 84 communities. That is 161% more than the same month a year earlier.
The median sale was AED 1,948,870 at AED 633/sqft, 133.1% above the same month last year. 0% of sales were off-plan.
Marsa Dubai was the busiest community with 537 registered sales, while Jabal Ali took the most money at AED 1.02B.
Against the previous month, Al Warsan First rose 161% to 232 sales, while Palm Jumeirah fell 49% to 54.
Sales by month
Price per square foot by month
Where the sales were
The fifteen communities with the most registered sales in June 2008, and how each moved against the month before.
| Community | Sales | vs prior | Total value | Median price | Price/sqft | Off-plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsa Dubai | 537 | +27.6% | 815.52M | 910K | 810/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 269 | -36.3% | 775.18M | 2.08M | 592/sqft | 0% |
| Al Warsan First | 232 | +160.7% | 338.44M | 330K | 559/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 224 | +13.1% | 672.03M | 2.20M | 1,071/sqft | 0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 188 | -12.1% | 649.93M | 2.60M | 417/sqft | 0% |
| Al Ruwayyah | 144 | -11.1% | 271.52M | 883K | 125/sqft | 0% |
| Jabal Ali | 85 | +553.8% | 1.02B | 7.25M | 234/sqft | 0% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 54 | -48.6% | 751.99M | 4.65M | 448/sqft | 0% |
| Al Thanyah Fifth | 46 | +155.6% | 327.84M | 2.40M | 441/sqft | 2% |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 45 | +462.5% | 686.41M | 10.59M | 381/sqft | 0% |
| Nad Al Shiba | 24 | +118.2% | 596.34M | 24.25M | 418/sqft | 0% |
| Al Jadaf | 23 | +76.9% | 465.67M | 19.10M | 1,500/sqft | 0% |
| Burj Khalifa | 15 | -50.0% | 691.21M | 5.15M | 1,282/sqft | 0% |
| Mirdif | 15 | -34.8% | 142.08M | 6.40M | 650/sqft | 0% |
| Wadi Al Safa 5 | 15 | — | 29.70M | 860K | 114/sqft | 0% |
Where the money went
Ranked by total registered value rather than count — a different list, and the one that shows where capital actually landed.
| Community | Value | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Jabal Ali | 1.02B | 85 |
| Marsa Dubai | 815.52M | 537 |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 775.18M | 269 |
| Palm Jumeirah | 751.99M | 54 |
| Trade Center First | 720.00M | 1 |
| Burj Khalifa | 691.21M | 15 |
| Al Barsha South Fourth | 686.41M | 45 |
| Al Thanyah Third | 672.03M | 224 |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 649.93M | 188 |
| Nad Al Shiba | 596.34M | 24 |
Biggest movers
Change in registered sales against the previous month. Limited to communities with at least 50 sales in both — below that a swing is noise.
| Community | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Al Warsan First | 232 | +160.7% |
| Palm Jumeirah | 54 | -48.6% |
| Al Thanayah Fourth | 269 | -36.3% |
| Marsa Dubai | 537 | +27.6% |
| Al Thanyah Third | 224 | +13.1% |
| Wadi Al Safa 6 | 188 | -12.1% |
| Al Ruwayyah | 144 | -11.1% |
The largest sales of June 2008
Each row links to its own register record, so any figure in this report can be traced to the transactions behind it.
| Date | Community | Project / building | Type | Beds | Size | Price/sqft | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jun 2008 | Trade Center First | BURJ AZIZI | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 40,000 sqft | AED 18,000/sqft | AED 720,000,000 |
| 3 Jun 2008 | Burj Khalifa | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 64,778 sqft | AED 4,200/sqft | AED 272,067,600 |
| 10 Jun 2008 | Palm Jumeirah | —Palm Jumeirah | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 8,254 sqft | AED 30,288/sqft | AED 250,000,000 |
| 26 Jun 2008 | Al Safouh Second | THE S TOWERSite A | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 56,699 sqft | AED 3,600/sqft | AED 204,120,000 |
| 2 Jun 2008 | Al Barsha First | — | VillaCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 142,112 sqft | AED 1,414/sqft | AED 201,000,000 |
| 23 Jun 2008 | World Islands | —The World | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 953,509 sqft | AED 162/sqft | AED 154,017,529 |
| 19 Jun 2008 | Burj Khalifa | PRIVE BY DAMACBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 132,397 sqft | AED 1,000/sqft | AED 132,397,000 |
| 17 Jun 2008 | Burj Khalifa | PRIME TOWERBusiness Bay | LandResidential · Existing Properties | Not specified | 70,684 sqft | AED 1,500/sqft | AED 106,026,000 |
| 26 Jun 2008 | Al Thanyah Third | — | LandCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 52,616 sqft | AED 1,950/sqft | AED 102,601,473 |
| 30 Jun 2008 | Al Muteena | — | BuildingCommercial · Existing Properties | Not specified | 21,248 sqft | AED 4,706/sqft | AED 100,000,000 |
Source: Dubai Land Department open data, retrieved from the Digital Dubai data.dubai platform. Figures cover registered transactions and Ejari-registered tenancy contracts, and are statistical summaries of public record — not a valuation of any individual property. Registration data can be amended or backdated by the source after first publication. Refresh times vary by dataset; records shown here are not a live feed.